Monday, May 3, 2010

Putney Wild Food Festival

Our small town of about 2000 souls is quite progressive, and this year, in perfect timing with our adventure, our local co-op put on a wild food festival. When we heard about it through a friend, we knew we had to attend.

We arrived not really knowing what to expect. We set up our puny little table among big booths with lovely tents for shade. We laid out our homemade poster, my jams and dandelion muffins for display, a few bowls of edible plants we’ve been using, and some business cards with our blog information. We spent the next four hours talking non-stop. At times, we were each speaking to six people or more. Thag led a seminar on keying out plants and foraging ethics; over 15 people attended. We ran out of business cards, and so many people asked to buy my jam, I decided to sell it!

Our friend, Rebecca Golden, had a booth beside us. She is an herbalist and has long been a partner in our wild adventures. She gave out samples of her wild nettle pesto which was such a hit that she had to buy more crackers to serve it with. We made her pesto for dinner and have printed her recipe below. Rebecca’s website is http://www.earthangelherbals.com/ .

We left the feeling great. We’d love to share our adventures with more people and hopefully the festival will expand our blog audience.